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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES"
description: "Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation or making an initial placement of a student in a special education program of services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2526"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2526 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Lauria", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6e10370-4a2f-4d67-868d-f3dcb96eeea0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "12b5d629b096a17270c7442d93ad6816dc6a8ed6c59aa2e602a2ffa33eba9375"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 2526 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation or making an initial placement of a student in a special education program of services.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2526 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2526A.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **370** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **720** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2024)
- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6e10370-4a2f-4d67-868d-f3dcb96eeea0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).